EavesDrop

What is it? - A simple combat log that displays events similar to how SCT/D would in a log, using icons to display spells/skills. It separates incoming events (left side) from out going events (right side) from misc. events (middle).

Where did it come from? - Original idea by Bant. Coding help/samples from Andalia`s SideCombatLog and CombatChat.

How do I use it? - Unzip EavesDrop into your interface\addons directory. For more info on installing, please read install.txt. Now just run WoW and once logged in, you will see the EavesDrop in the middle of your screen. Left click the EavesDrop Tab to drag it. Right click the EavesDrop Tab to see the options menu.

FAQMy periodic damage is not showing up in the combat log or on the screen! How do I fix it? - You have turned off periodic damage on the Advanced Options under Interface options. Make sure the "Periodic Damage" check box is checked, even if you have Damage unchecked.

How do I reset EavesDrop or load another users settings? - EavesDrop uses the Ace3 profile system. By default all characters use the same profile. You may change this for each character using the Profile area of the option menu. You can reset the options for the current profile using the Rest option in the menu.

How do I change the fonts? - EavesDrop uses the games default fonts. EavesDrop now supports ShareMedia, so just select your font from the options menu.

Support
Please post all errors and suggestions on http://grayhoof.wowinterface.com/ using the provided forms.

1. the really easy one - add 1 more digit of precision on the timestamps. at least for melee classes, being able to see tenths of seconds on timestamps could be very useful in seeing what was going on for a fight.

2. buff/debuff names - instead of the text for a buff or debuff being just "buff" or "debuff" in the window, set the text to the name of the buff/debuff. the color of the line of text already tells us whether it is a buff or debuff.

I would like to second the idea that Eavesdrop could slot into the chat windows.
Also when talking about boss fights I keep trying to shift click logs in Eaves drop to tell my friend what hit me / what i did.
To go along with this feature would be a format options.

IE defualt would be "%t : %d".

So shift clicking an entry on the incomming side would add "12:12am : [The message that you get when mousing over the entry]" to your chat message.

Additional tags could be added, ie
%e = Just the name of the effect.
%n = the name of the person doing the thing to you or the person you did the thing to.
%a = Amount the effect dmg'd/healed for.
%aH = If the amount was heaing - show in "{}" the amount that was overhealed.

So a person could have just a simple "%e->%n[aH]"
Which would say "Smite->Bob[700]" when shift clicked while typing a chat message.
On this note maybe adding incoming/outgoing checks so you can change the format if its incomming or outgoing.

One other thing that would be cool, if Eavesdrop sees multiple messages of the same spell occuring at the same time it could condense them in the log. This condensed version would display the avg dmg done in the same format as normal dmg with a number beside it showing the number of targets hit with that aoe.

When mousing over such entries in the log it would show aditional information like number of crits/resists/absorbs and the avg dmg done by them. and if it is not ungly a list of the names of the targets hit could also be shown - IE 12 spiders 1 spellcaster.

Otherwise a very nice mod Allows me to understand how the fight went very intuitivily.

This is a great mod, but there are a few things that do bother me thatI would like to see added:

An option to show names of the players you hit/are hitted by.

An option to put damage and damage done on same line, for example:
533 --------- 600
900 --------- 700
546 -------- Miss
This would almost half the number of lines used, and actually make it even more compact than hitsmode.

More colour configurations (especially to make crits easier to notice).

Oh btw for other people, you can easily hide the tab using discord frame modifier: add frame "eavesdroptab" and check "force hide".

You can lock the frame, then the tab only pops up when you mouse over the tab, not the frame itself.

To hide the labels, set their opacity to 0 in the label color option.

Originally posted by lilkev I'm using TBC version, havnt tried it out on the live servers yet, but one thing thats been mentioned and i'd personally love to see is the ability to hide that little popup tab when i mouseover the combat area. It'd also be nice if i could hide/show the Player & Target headers at the top of the columns.

EDIT: Just saw somones screeni with the headers hidden, looking for the option now >.<

I'm using TBC version, havnt tried it out on the live servers yet, but one thing thats been mentioned and i'd personally love to see is the ability to hide that little popup tab when i mouseover the combat area. It'd also be nice if i could hide/show the Player & Target headers at the top of the columns.

EDIT: Just saw somones screeni with the headers hidden, looking for the option now >.<

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